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lancement 237 largeur
lancement de torpilles, (torp.) torpedo launching;
tube de , (torp.) torpedo tube.
lancer, v. a. r., to throw, hurl, dart; to rush upon
to cast, let fly; (art.) to throw, fire (a projectile)
(nav.) to launch (a vessel); (r. r.) to start (a
train); (cord.) to throw (a rope);
un cheval, un cheval au galop, (man.) to
urge a horse into a gallop;
un cordage, to heave a line;
le plomb de sonde, to heave the lead;
un pont, (pont.) to throw, construct,
bridge;
une torpille,
pedo;
to discharge, launch, a tor-
une torpille au-dessus (au-dessous) de la flottaison,
to discharge a torpedo above (under)
water.
lance-torpilles, n., (nav.) torpedo boat; torpedo
tube;
bateau-torpilleur , torpedo boat.
lancette, f., lancet.
lancier, m., (cav.) lancer, uhlan;
oui les s, (/am.) go tell that to the marines.
lancis, m., (mas.) operation of repairing a wall by
the insertion of fresh and sound stones; stones
used for such repair; jamb stone; sort of
toothing, binding a revetment wall to its backing;
de I'ecoincon, interior jamb stone;
du tableau, exterior jamb stone.
lande, f., (top.) heath, moor.
landier, m., andiron.
langage, m., language, speech;
- chiffre, cipher language, i. e., signs of any and
convenu, in cryptography, conventional language,
using ordinary words with altered meaning.
langue, f., tongue, language; (tech.) tongue, wooden
quoin; (hydr.) tongue, neck of land, sand
aides de la , (maw.) use of the voice in urging a
horse, clucking;
appel de , (man.) cluck;
de balance, index of a balance;
de bceuf, (mil. mm.) push pick;
de carpe, double-edged armorer's tool;
coup de , v. s. v. coup;
donner de la , (man.) to excite, urge, a horse
by clucking;
doubler la -, (hipp.) to fold the tongue over or
under the bit;
defeu, tongue of fire;
de sable, (hydr.) sand spit;
serpentine, (hipp.) tongue always in motion;
de terre, (h\ tongue of land.
langtiette, f., tongue, tongue of a shoe, shoulder,
thin quoin or wedge; iron plate between the
sheaves of a block; pawl, detent; (mach.) assembling
key, feather; (r. r.) switch rail, tongue
rail, slide rail; (sm. a.) small steel rod, forming
with others, the tromse, q. v., from which a
sword blade is made; (carp.) feather, tongue;
(mas.) partition wall of a chimney, of a wella
, tongued;
de balance, index or pointer of a balance;
de ballon, valve of a balloon;
a rainure et , (carp.) tongued and grooved;
- rapportee, (carp.) inserted tongue.
laniere, f., lanyard; thong, leather strap; tie; lash;
imehpm tie; cloak strap;
du crochet d'attelage, trace hook, thong;
-goupille, thong used as a connecting pin;
de la lance, thong of a lance;
de revolver, (sm. a.) revolver strap.
lanterne, f., lantern, light; skylight; small dome
or cupola; lantern, lantern light; pommel knob-
(fond) core barrel; mold spindle (of a loam
mold); (mach.) lantern wheel, trundle; (art.)
shot scuttle; pass box; powder, cartridge case
box (obs.); tin case or canister; gun ladle (for
loading with loose powder, obs.); (artif.) copp6r
lcl.Cu.6J
lanterne d'ambulance, (Fr. med.) hospital Iantern,
to indicate position of dressing sta-
lanterns~ ne red the other
whiteV
applique, wall lantern;
& canon, (art.) gun ladle;
- de chargement, (art.) projectile tray; shell
de disque, (r. r'.) signal disk lantern;
a'eclairage, ordinary illuminating Iantern-
& eclipse, flash lantern;
d'ecurie, stable lantern;
-d gargousses, (art.) pass box'
hampee, (art.) sort of loading scoop for
muzzle-loading guns, by whichthe
could be
charge
introduced without a bag (obs.);
indicatrice, (mil.) a lantern to ate head-
quarters, ammunition parks, etc
- it main, portable lantern;
4 mitraiUe, (art.) sort of tin case or canister
filled with bullets (obs.); - de niveau d'eau, (steam) water-gauge lampde
noyau, (fond.) core-bar; (if large) corebarrel;
core-iron, - core-rod;
& reftecteurs, reflecting -- lantern;
signal, signal - lantern;
fisignaux, signal - lantern;
sourde, dark lantern, bull's-eye lantern;
de s&rete, (Fr. art.) magazine safety lantern;
- de suspension, swinging lantern.
lanterneau, m., skylight, lantern, lantern light.
lapidaire, m., grindstone (axis vertical).
laque, m., lacker, lacquer, japan.
laque, f., lac, gum-lac, shellac;
- en ecailles, shellac.
laquer, v. a., to lacquer.
lard, m., bacon.
lardagc, m., thrumming.
larder, v. a., to thrum, pierce, run through; (fort ,
siege) to
picket, fasten down, secure with pickets
(as fascines, etc.);
- un cheval, (man.) to spur a horse until his
sides are sore; - de coups d'epee, (/am.) to run through again
and again; - unsaucisson, (fort., siege) to picket down
a saucisson; to fasten two saucissons together
by forcing the end of one into that of another.
larderasse, f., (cord.) coarse rope made of junk.
lardoire, f., pile-ferrule, band or hoop around a
lardon, m., (met.) bit of iron or steel used to conceal
or fill a crack in a forging, etc.; (sm. a.)
plug, etc., for disguising a defect (in a gun barrel);
(artif.) swarmer, rocket weighing less than
2 ounces.
large, a., broad, wide; loose;
cheval qui va-, (hipp.) horse that goes wide.
large, m., breadth; (nav.) the high sea; sea room,
offing;
au - , (nav.) off shore, off; on the high seas;
(mil.) keep off, stand off (sentinel's cry to warn
passers-by to keep off, to avoid a point not to
be approached, or to keep to the other side of
the road);
au- de____ , off of. . . .
;
largeur, f., breadth, width; (nav.) beam (of a
ship); - des cloisons, (art.) width of the - lands;
en couronne, breadth at the top (of a dike or
embankment); - exterieure,
outside - width;
en fond, width at the bottom (of a ditch,
etc.); - en gueule, width at the top (of a ditch,
- intcrieure, inside width;